Audio files from the Kaplan Surgery lectures. Dr. Carlos Pestana is lecturing. This is great for putting on your iPod or listening to at home. Really the video is unnecessary. I also included the legendary Pestana surgery review.

If you want to learn surgery, this will teach you everything you need to know for your surgery clerkship, surgery shelf exam, Step 2 CK, and it will even prepare you well for residency!

About Carlos Pestana:

Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ret. 1998)Dr. Carlos Pestana was born in the Canary Islands, Spain, on June 10, 1936. He grew up in Mexico City, where he graduated from medical school at the National University (UNAM) in April of 1959, ranking first in a class of over 500. He completed a year of rotating internship at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago, and five years of surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., where he was awarded a PhD in Surgery in December 1965. Dr. Pestana moved to Texas in 1968, and achieved the highest score in the licensure examination for that year. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in January of 1968, and retired in January of 1998 with the rank of Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Dr. Pestana is noted for his teaching abilities. During the course of his career in San Antonio, he was recognized by the students as the best teacher on more than 35 occasions, and received teaching awards at the local, state and national levels. These awards included the Presidential Teaching Award, the Gender Equity Award, the Piper Professor Award, the Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Professor Award, the Avery Medal, and the National Golden Apple Award. At the time of his retirement, the Alumni Association named a lecture hall and a scholarship in his honor.